Scissurella
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Scissurella is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scissurellidae, the small slit snails.
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[edit] Distribution
This genus is found in most seas worldwide.
[edit] Description
The shells are turbinate, depressed, of few whorls, with an open anal slit in the outer lip, at the end of the selenizone, that has sharply defined edges.
[edit] Species in the genus Scissurella
- Scissurella alta Watson, 1886
- Scissurella bountyensis Powell, 1933
- Scissurella caliana Dall, 1919
- Scissurella cingulata O. G. Costa, 1861 - belt scissurelle
- Scissurella coronata Watson, 1866
- Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933
- Scissurella lacuniformis Watson, 1886
- Scissurella laevigata d'Orbigny, 1824
- Scissurella lamellata (A. Adams, 1862)
- Scissurella lyra S. S. Berry, 1947 - lyre scissurelle
- Scissurella manawatawhia Powell, 1937
- Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
- Scissurella proxima Dall, 1927 - Florida scissurelle
- Scissurella soyoae (Habe, 1951)
- Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948
- Scissurella tabulata Watson, 1886
[edit] References
- Scissurella (TSN 69474). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
